What’s on TV, Feb. 8-14: Super Bowl LX, Puppy Bowl XXII, Valentine’s Day and more
TV shows, movies, sports and specials broadcasting and/or streaming this coming week
Gentle reader,
Welcome to the reboot.
After a year away, I have decided to relaunch TV or Not TV — or rather, to relaunch this weekly roundup of new and noteworthy programming coming to broadcast, cable and streaming. But only the TV roundup, and with a more national focus going forward.
Sadly, my local arts listings didn’t gain anywhere near as much traction as I’d hoped. This time around, I’m sticking with the one thing for which I’m certain there is an audience — if I can only find them, if only they can find me.
To that end, feel free to share this and any subsequent posts with anybody and everybody who might be interested. It’ll be at least a month or two before I turn the paywall back on again (and I will give ample notice before that happens), so the newsletter will be free for the time being.
Thanks to all for your past readership, patronage … and patience.
Matt
Sunday — Feb. 8th
Brrr … Coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics continues from northern Italy. (Various times, NBC, CNBC, USA and Peacock)
There goes the neighborhood! British comic Jack Whitehall, he of “Travels with My Father” fame, and “Nope’s” Keke Palmer are moving to “The ’Burbs” in this new comedy based on the 1989 Tom Hanks flick. (Anytime, Peacock)
There’ll be no penalties for “ruffing” the passer, but plenty of adorable and adoptable doggos taking the field, in “Puppy Bowl XXII.” (2 p.m. EST, 11 a.m. PST on Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV and HBO Max)
The Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots meet in Santa Clara, Calif. in Super Bowl LX. Grammy-winning rapper Bad Bunny rocks the halftime show. (6 p.m. EST, 3 p.m. PST on NBC, Telemundo and Peacock)
Monday — Feb. 9
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts a benefit concert to raise awareness of the rare childhood disease known as epidermolysis bullosa in the new documentary “Matter of Time.” (Anytime, Netflix)
They’re diving back into the dating pool in new episodes of the reality franchise spinoff “90 Day: The Single Life.” (8 p.m. TLC)
“The Librarians” hold the line against political activists seeking to have certain books banished from libraries in communities across the country in this new documentary on “Independent Lens.” (10 p.m. PBS)
Tuesday — Feb. 10
The Dickens, you say! “The Artful Dodger” returns in a second season of the Australia-set drama inspired by the classic novel “Oliver Twist.” Thomas Brodie-Sangster and David Thewlis star. (Anytime, Hulu)
An American marketing executive hooks up with a hunky local whilst on a business trip to Tuscany in the new TV movie “Chef’s Kiss.” “The Real’s” Adrienne Bailon-Houghton stars. (Anytime, Roku)
“Katt Williams: The Last Resort” captures the off-color comic cracking wise about conspiracy theories, celebrity culture and more in his latest stand-up special. (Anytime, Netflix)
“The View’s” Sara Haines and award-winning playwright Tracy Letts (“August: Osage County”) shake their respective family trees on a new “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (8 p.m. PBS)
Then, the Gates-hosted docuseries “Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History” continues with a look at how those two communities came together to make strides in the fields of movies, music and civil rights. (9 p.m. PBS)
“Frontline” joins forces with the Associated Press to explore the ongoing “Crisis in Venezuela” in the aftermath of the U.S.-led ouster of President Nicolas Maduro in this new episode. (10 p.m. PBS)
Wednesday — Feb. 11
“Cross” is back on the case for a second season of this D.C.-set crime drama based on the James Patterson mystery novels and starring Aldis Hodge as the titular homicide detective. (Anytime, Prime Video)
The three-part docuseries “The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story” revisits the shocking killing of high school student Cassie Jo Stoddart in Pocatello, Idaho in 2006. (Anytime, Hulu)
Thursday — Feb. 12
Mum’s the word! British comedienne Dawn French, she of “French and Saunders” fame, plays a faux-widow up to her elbows in insurance fraud in the imported comedy “Can You Keep a Secret?” (Anytime, Paramount+)
A trio of 30-something gal pals get their Irish up whilst investigating the untimely demise of a former childhood friend in the new mystery comedy “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.” (Anytime, Netflix)
Follow the bouncing red, white and blue ball… The four-part docuseries “Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association” recalls the upstart league that gave the NBA a run for its money in the 1960s and 70s. (Anytime, Prime Video)
“American Crime Story’s” Ryan Murphy launches his latest star-studded, fact-based anthology series with three-episode premiere of “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.” With Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon. (6, 7:15 and 8:19 p.m. FX; also Hulu)
Friday — Feb. 13
All is fair in love and the afterlife… A recently deceased woman (Elizabeth Olsen) must choose which of her two former husbands (Miles Teller, Callum Turner) she’d rather spend “Eternity” with in this 2025 fantasy rom-com. (Anytime, Apple TV+)
The new series “Incas: The Rise and Fall” recalls the once-mighty empire that ruled a large swath of South America during the pre-Columbian era. (Anytime, Hulu and Disney+)
Writer-director-star Tyler Perry’s most famous creation takes a back seat as the “Madea-verse” rolls on in the 2026 comedy-franchise entry “Joe’s College Road Trip.” (Anytime, Netflix)
A British lass attending a tony private school in Milan is torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool, in the YA-themed 2026 romantic drama “Love Me Love Me.” With Mia Jenkins. (Anytime, Prime Video)
Turner Classic Movies’ annual “31 Days of Oscar” series kicks off with the Vincente Minnelli-directed 1943 fantasy musical “Cabin in the Sky” featuring an all-Black cast including jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Lena Horne. (9 a.m. EST, 6 a.m. PST on TCM)
Former NBA great Jeremy Lin and funnyman Keegan-Michael Key are among the famous faces will be hitting the hardwood in Inglewood at the “NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.” (7 p.m. EST, 4 p.m. PST on ESPN)
Those fierce Black female entrepreneurs known as the “Belle Collective” are back in business for a seventh season of this Mississippi-set reality series. (8 p.m. OWN)
The digging will continue until morale approves in new episodes of “Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan.” (9 p.m. Discovery Channel)
Suburbanites feud, fuss and fight with the folks next door, across the street and up and down the block over property-line disputes, noise complaints, etc. in the new reality series “Neighbors.” (9 p.m. HBO)
Saturday — Feb. 14
Here’s looking at you, kid… “31 Days of Oscar” continues and includes Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the beloved 1942 wartime romance “Casablanca” directed by Michael Curtiz. (noon EST, 9 a.m. PST on TCM)
A love potion sets emotions in motion, causing two long-time friends go from platonic to perhaps something more, in the new made-for-cable romantic fable “Because of Cupid.” With Amy Groening. (8 p.m. Hallmark Channel)
Finally ready to mingle again, a single mom quickly finds herself in jeopardy in the new fact-based TV movie “The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story.” “Waiting to Exhale’s” Lela Rochon stars. (8 p.m. Lifetime)
(All times Eastern and Pacific unless otherwise noted. Programming subject to change without notice. Please check your local listings.)